Pretty sure I handled this whole back to school bit a lot better last year. Maybe it was because Mad only had half days in pre-k and that softened the blow. But tomorrow our two little ladies will walk into school together, one entering kindergarten and the other her last year of elementary, fourth grade. Mad will now be spending full days at school. She’ll be walking with her big sister and meeting me up at the corner too. As excited and sad as it makes me for them, I can only imagine how much Bitty is going to miss having her two big sisters to play with all day after having them all summer long too.

Our little ladies are in bed, likely tossing and turning thinking about their big day. Their school bags, snacks, & new outfits are ready. Their first day of school papers are printed and ready for pictures and we’ve got apples ready for their teachers too. Mad and I read “The Night Before Kindergarten” more than once. And they even sprinkled some confetti under their pillow to help them sleep, that one of their teachers gave them and they decided to share.

Aub is beyond excited to start her first day as a fourth grader. When I asked Mad if she is happy she replied “I think it’s going to be fun, but I’m a little sad that I’ll be in school all day on Paw-Paw’s birthday!”. I think the surprise that’s coming her way in just a few short days will make up for that disappointment. But it did somehow ease her mind that Paw-Paw wouldn’t be having a birthday party all day tomorrow and will actually be at work while she’s at school.

Now I just pray she is full of happiness in the morning and doesn’t have an ounce of fear and that the only tears shed in the morning will be shed by me when I leave our girls at their school that I can see from our back porch. One of these days I’ll get used to my babies growing up.